Medical sources at Yatta Governmental Hospital, in Yatta town south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, said a young man died from serious wounds he suffered two years earlier after an Israeli soldier shot him in the neck.
The sources said the young man, Haroun Rasmi Yousef Abu Arram, 27, was shot on January 1, 2021, in the Tiwani area, south of Hebron.
Yatta hospital director, Ziad Abu Zahra, said an Israeli soldier shot Abu Arram with a live round in the neck from point-blank range, causing very serious wounds that resulted in quadriplegia.
Abu Zahra added that the young man also suffered various serious complications, including pneumonia, Peripheral artery disease in his leg before it was amputated, severe pneumonia, and serious pressure sores in the back and pelvis.
Abu Arram was moved to several hospitals and underwent numerous surgeries due to constant complications until he succumbed to his wounds.
After the young man was shot, his father said the army had been trying to force the family to leave their lands.
“They have been pressuring us to leave our lands; Haroun did nothing wrong; he was in his home when the soldiers came and tried to confiscate the electricity generator, which the family depends on,” the father added, “It is not a separate or a one-time incident; this is an ongoing occupation and escalating violations against innocent civilians.”
The father added that his son was recently engaged and planning to get married within a few days.
Alaom, the Israeli army demolished his home two months before shooting him, under the pretext of being built without a permit from the “Civil Administration Office,” run by the illegal Israeli military occupation.
